Donna and Eric rushed into the waiting room of the hospital to see what
happened to their friends. They just waited there. They didn't know what to
do. There was no nurse or doctor to tell them what to do. They just sat
down in silence. Soon, Fez and Kelso met them.
"What's going on?" Kelso asked.
"Jackie and Hyde got in a car accident, I told you that you son-of-a-bitch. Why wouldn't you believe me?"
"I do Fez but-"
"Good day." Fez said putting up his hand.
"But Fez."
"I said good day." Fez then sat next to Donna.
"You guys, right now I think we should pray for their recovery. I hope they're okay." Donna said. Just then a doctor came up to them.
"Are you here for Steven Hyde and Jackie Burkhart?"
"Yes." Eric said calmly.
"Okay. We have some police officers and crime investigators checking the scene."
"Crime investigators?" Eric's voice squealed.
"Yes. They believe this was intentional. Apparently the breaks had been cut."
"Cut?" Eric squealed.
"Are you going to repeat everything the doctor says?" Donna asked hitting Eric.
"Anyway Steven is doing okay. He dislocated his shoulder. When their car hit the truck and when the jaws of life were getting them out of the car, he was awake the whole time. You may see him now. He needs to keep his shoulder in the sling for six to eight weeks."
"Oh thank God. I'm so glad he's alright." Donna said. She then shivered. "What about Jackie?"
"The young lady's stability is unsure at the moment. We realize that she was pregnant and unfortunately she lost the baby."
"Oh my God!" Donna cried in Eric's arms.
"I don't mean to alarm you but she also has severe burns on her lower body."
"What? How did that happen?"
"The car crashed so hard into the truck that the engine trapped her. She went unconscious the minute it happened so she wouldn't have felt any pain. At first we thought we would have to amputate her leg but we are first treating for the burn."
"Oh my God!" Donna screamed. It wasn't like her to get hysterical but right now was a good time.
"I'm so sorry about your friend. You may see Steven now but we have specialists working on Jackie right now."
* * *
The gang stepped into Hyde's room. He has a bruise on his right cheek and his arm was in a sling. He had his zen-mask on.
"Hey Hyde." Eric said as he sat on his bed."
"Hey. Have you heard anything on Jackie?" He asked curiously.
"Yeah. We did Hyde." Donna said avoiding just what they had heard.
"And...?" Hyde asked impatiently.
"She got one hell of a burn!" Kelso yelled. "She lost the baby. They might have to cut off her leg and um... yeah that's it. Oh and they don't know how stable she is. Something like that."
"Hyde, Jackie's stronger than you think. She can get through this." Eric reassured him. Hyde didn't say anything. Everyone looked at him. He had a complete zen-mask on. He has no expression whatsoever.
"Are you going to be okay?" Donna asked grabbing his other shoulder. Hyde pushed her off of him and got up. He nodded his head as if he was okay but everyone could tell that he wasn't. He left the hospital room.
"Is he allowed to just leave?" Eric asked.
* * *
Hyde walked to Jackie's room. He looked through the window. He saw doctors surrounding her. She was unconscious. He didn't know what they were doing but they all seemed to be over her legs. He then looked at one doctor and he knew what he was doing. The doctor was putting his baby in a plastic bag. He had seen abortion videos before in school and now realized just how horrible they were. His baby, Jackie's baby, their baby was dead. A doctor saw him in the window and opened the door.
"You can not be here boy."
"That's my girlfriend in there." Hyde actually felt his voice choke. "I just want to see if she's alright."
"I'm sorry. We can not give out any information unless you are family."
"Her parents aren't here."
"Well we will need to see her guardians."
"Please!" Hyde begged. His voice really did crack that time. "I just need to see her."
"I would let you in but I do not have control over these things. I'm sorry." The doctor shut the door and Hyde slowly walked off.
* * *
Nine days and twelve hours later. Jackie was now stable and the doctors explained that she would have the scars on her legs for the rest of her life. Jackie had seen a specialist and had been trying to move her legs but they were paralyzed. The doctors could not tell how long they would be paralyzed for. At the Foreman's, Hyde had not ate or slept this whole time. He wanted to see her and the doctors told him that they would call the second she was allowed visitors. The phone rang.
"Hello?.... yes this is Steven Hyde.... Okay I'll be right there." He looked at Donna and Eric, sitting at the kitchen table. They hadn't seen him this happy in a long time. "Jackie's is allowed one visitor right now so I am going to go down there. I'll call you when she's allowed more people." Hyde left through the back door. The drive felt so long to the hospital. He couldn't wait to get there. He wanted to see her so badly. He missed her so much. He finally arrived at her new room. He opened the door and saw her. Jackie had bandages all over her face and he couldn't even recognize her. Her tiny body was under the blanket and her arms also had bandages on them. She looked at him strangely.
"Jackie."
"Steven. How are you?" She asked looking at his shoulder.
"I'm good now that I'm with you. Oh that?" He asked looking at his shoulder. "I dislocated it, it doesn't hurt though. How are you holding up?"
"I'm okay." Jackie lied. The pain in her arms and head killed. She couldn't feel her legs. She had lost her baby and had learned that she would never be able to have children of her own naturally.
"That's good. Did the doctors tell you when you could come out of the hospital?" She shook her head. "Oh. Well I bet it's soon if you're doing so good." Hyde knew that Jackie was going through a lot more than what she showed.
"Steven. I need to tell you something."
"Okay. What is it?" Hyde asked while sitting down on a chair next to her bed.
"I think we should start seeing other people." Jackie blurted out. Hyde looked at her confused. "I mean this car accident has taught me that well you never know how long you have and I want to spend it with more than one person for the rest of my life."
"What do you mean? Jackie we love each other. I would think that if this accident has taught us anything it should be that, we should try to be together as much as possible because we never know when we might lose each other."
"No. Steven I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. I don't want to be with you anymore." Jackie looked away trying to hold back her tears.
"What?"
"Now please leave. I want to sleep now." Hyde was confused but did as she said and he left. The moment he was out the door, she broke down and cried. She couldn't believe that she had just broken up with the love of her life. She knew that she was saving him by letting him go. He didn't want to be with her like this and she knew it. In this case she had to be cruel to be kind.
"What's going on?" Kelso asked.
"Jackie and Hyde got in a car accident, I told you that you son-of-a-bitch. Why wouldn't you believe me?"
"I do Fez but-"
"Good day." Fez said putting up his hand.
"But Fez."
"I said good day." Fez then sat next to Donna.
"You guys, right now I think we should pray for their recovery. I hope they're okay." Donna said. Just then a doctor came up to them.
"Are you here for Steven Hyde and Jackie Burkhart?"
"Yes." Eric said calmly.
"Okay. We have some police officers and crime investigators checking the scene."
"Crime investigators?" Eric's voice squealed.
"Yes. They believe this was intentional. Apparently the breaks had been cut."
"Cut?" Eric squealed.
"Are you going to repeat everything the doctor says?" Donna asked hitting Eric.
"Anyway Steven is doing okay. He dislocated his shoulder. When their car hit the truck and when the jaws of life were getting them out of the car, he was awake the whole time. You may see him now. He needs to keep his shoulder in the sling for six to eight weeks."
"Oh thank God. I'm so glad he's alright." Donna said. She then shivered. "What about Jackie?"
"The young lady's stability is unsure at the moment. We realize that she was pregnant and unfortunately she lost the baby."
"Oh my God!" Donna cried in Eric's arms.
"I don't mean to alarm you but she also has severe burns on her lower body."
"What? How did that happen?"
"The car crashed so hard into the truck that the engine trapped her. She went unconscious the minute it happened so she wouldn't have felt any pain. At first we thought we would have to amputate her leg but we are first treating for the burn."
"Oh my God!" Donna screamed. It wasn't like her to get hysterical but right now was a good time.
"I'm so sorry about your friend. You may see Steven now but we have specialists working on Jackie right now."
* * *
The gang stepped into Hyde's room. He has a bruise on his right cheek and his arm was in a sling. He had his zen-mask on.
"Hey Hyde." Eric said as he sat on his bed."
"Hey. Have you heard anything on Jackie?" He asked curiously.
"Yeah. We did Hyde." Donna said avoiding just what they had heard.
"And...?" Hyde asked impatiently.
"She got one hell of a burn!" Kelso yelled. "She lost the baby. They might have to cut off her leg and um... yeah that's it. Oh and they don't know how stable she is. Something like that."
"Hyde, Jackie's stronger than you think. She can get through this." Eric reassured him. Hyde didn't say anything. Everyone looked at him. He had a complete zen-mask on. He has no expression whatsoever.
"Are you going to be okay?" Donna asked grabbing his other shoulder. Hyde pushed her off of him and got up. He nodded his head as if he was okay but everyone could tell that he wasn't. He left the hospital room.
"Is he allowed to just leave?" Eric asked.
* * *
Hyde walked to Jackie's room. He looked through the window. He saw doctors surrounding her. She was unconscious. He didn't know what they were doing but they all seemed to be over her legs. He then looked at one doctor and he knew what he was doing. The doctor was putting his baby in a plastic bag. He had seen abortion videos before in school and now realized just how horrible they were. His baby, Jackie's baby, their baby was dead. A doctor saw him in the window and opened the door.
"You can not be here boy."
"That's my girlfriend in there." Hyde actually felt his voice choke. "I just want to see if she's alright."
"I'm sorry. We can not give out any information unless you are family."
"Her parents aren't here."
"Well we will need to see her guardians."
"Please!" Hyde begged. His voice really did crack that time. "I just need to see her."
"I would let you in but I do not have control over these things. I'm sorry." The doctor shut the door and Hyde slowly walked off.
* * *
Nine days and twelve hours later. Jackie was now stable and the doctors explained that she would have the scars on her legs for the rest of her life. Jackie had seen a specialist and had been trying to move her legs but they were paralyzed. The doctors could not tell how long they would be paralyzed for. At the Foreman's, Hyde had not ate or slept this whole time. He wanted to see her and the doctors told him that they would call the second she was allowed visitors. The phone rang.
"Hello?.... yes this is Steven Hyde.... Okay I'll be right there." He looked at Donna and Eric, sitting at the kitchen table. They hadn't seen him this happy in a long time. "Jackie's is allowed one visitor right now so I am going to go down there. I'll call you when she's allowed more people." Hyde left through the back door. The drive felt so long to the hospital. He couldn't wait to get there. He wanted to see her so badly. He missed her so much. He finally arrived at her new room. He opened the door and saw her. Jackie had bandages all over her face and he couldn't even recognize her. Her tiny body was under the blanket and her arms also had bandages on them. She looked at him strangely.
"Jackie."
"Steven. How are you?" She asked looking at his shoulder.
"I'm good now that I'm with you. Oh that?" He asked looking at his shoulder. "I dislocated it, it doesn't hurt though. How are you holding up?"
"I'm okay." Jackie lied. The pain in her arms and head killed. She couldn't feel her legs. She had lost her baby and had learned that she would never be able to have children of her own naturally.
"That's good. Did the doctors tell you when you could come out of the hospital?" She shook her head. "Oh. Well I bet it's soon if you're doing so good." Hyde knew that Jackie was going through a lot more than what she showed.
"Steven. I need to tell you something."
"Okay. What is it?" Hyde asked while sitting down on a chair next to her bed.
"I think we should start seeing other people." Jackie blurted out. Hyde looked at her confused. "I mean this car accident has taught me that well you never know how long you have and I want to spend it with more than one person for the rest of my life."
"What do you mean? Jackie we love each other. I would think that if this accident has taught us anything it should be that, we should try to be together as much as possible because we never know when we might lose each other."
"No. Steven I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. I don't want to be with you anymore." Jackie looked away trying to hold back her tears.
"What?"
"Now please leave. I want to sleep now." Hyde was confused but did as she said and he left. The moment he was out the door, she broke down and cried. She couldn't believe that she had just broken up with the love of her life. She knew that she was saving him by letting him go. He didn't want to be with her like this and she knew it. In this case she had to be cruel to be kind.